GP services in South East England

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Dear NHS England,

This is a conglomeration of previous requests relating to GP services that I have made in the last month and also an extension of them into one overarching request following correspondence with local CCGs.

I would like the answers to the following questions detailed for the entirety of the South East of England, where that area is defined by the CCGs now covering the area and the data is broken down along those same lines too.

Those CCGs are:

Ashford CCG
Aylesbury Vale CCG
Bracknell and Ascot CCG
Brighton and Hove CCG
Canterbury and Coastal CCG
Chiltern CCG
Coastal West Sussex CCG
Crawley CCG
Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley CCG
Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCG
East Surrey CCG
Fareham and Gosport CCG
Guildford and Waverley CCG
Hastings and Rother CCG
High Weald Lewes and Havens CCG
Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG
Isle of Wight CCG
Medway CCG
Newbury and District CCG
North and West Reading CCG
North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG
North Hampshire CCG
North West Surrey CCG
Oxfordshire CCG
Portsmouth CCG
Slough CCG
South Eastern Hampshire CCG
South Kent Coast CCG
South Reading CCG
Southampton CCG
Surrey Downs CCG
Surrey Heath CCG
Swale CCG
Thanet CCG
West Hampshire CCG
West Kent CCG
Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCG
Wokingham CCG

And Milton Keynes CCG.

1. How many GP surgeries/Family Practices/Walk-in centres with GP services there were in in the South East in 2010 (broken down by current CCG area, if possible, county and city, if not)?

2. How many patients those GP surgeries/Family Practices/Walk-in centres catered/cared for in 2010?
2a. Please break this data down to provide patient numbers per GP surgery/Family Practice/Walk-in centre?

3. What was the GP to patient ratio in the South East in 2010 (broken down by current CCG area, if possible, county and city, if not)?

4. How many GP surgeries/Family Practices/Walk-in centres with GP services closed in 2010?

5. How many GP surgeries/Family Practices/Walk-in centres with GP services there were in the South East in 2015 (broken down by current CCG area, if possible, county and city, if not)?

6. How many patients those GP surgeries/Family Practices/Walk-in centres catered/cared for in 2015?
6a. Please break this data down to provide patient numbers per GP surgery/Family Practice/Walk-in centre?

7. What was GP to patient ratio in the South East in 2015 (broken down by current CCG area, if possible, county and city, if not)??

8. How many GP surgeries/Family Practices/Walk-in centres with GP services closed between 2010 and 2015?

9. How many GP surgeries/Family Practices/Walk-in centres with GP services there were in the South East in 2017 (broken down by current CCG area, if possible, county and city, if not)?

10. How many patients those GP surgeries/Family Practices/Walk-in centres catered/cared for in 2017?
10a. Please break this data down to provide patient numbers per GP surgery/Family Practice/Walk-in centre?

11. What was the GP to patient ratio in the South East in 2017 (broken down by current CCG area, if possible, county and city, if not)?

12. How many GP surgeries/Family Practices/Walk-in centres with GP services closed between 2015 and 2017?

Yours faithfully,

Liam Ward

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Dear FOI, England (NHS ENGLAND),

This request is delayed. Please respond promptly and advise when this request will be answered.

Yours sincerely,

Liam Ward

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